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WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS
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Due to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
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9 w5 Y* {- a3 nWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians."
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0 F$ v: p% [& KWHY SELL NOW?
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7 [6 O: h! c4 _1 z3 t+ {If I didn't own a house in Edmonton, I'd buy right now, with the current 10% dip in prices that have doubled in the past three years. + [ E# j& }- ]3 T3 l" f
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If I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010. 1 K6 w8 ?8 x% J* w& T1 y' s
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House prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase.
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9 ?7 x1 a+ n- u. b* f& X9 \" nWe don't quite get it.
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( G7 ]$ j" u+ ^/ K! n8 j' B9 WWe're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world!
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# C0 L N9 m5 p! VIn the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project. 9 C n" q, o- T
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Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website. 2 b4 I5 J6 e+ W" o! {+ b
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Upgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period.
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Tradesmen will pour into northern Alberta over the foreseeable future. The numbers of expected newcomers range from 3,000 to 10,000 per year, with a multiplier effect all over the region. 3 l# u! S& y0 K5 j3 ?! a
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Every expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels. 9 g' `( ]% w$ s; F# |9 K
7 I/ H0 t% B6 `% W0 b3 aStricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down. ; m5 R$ n: L' e' [. c& h# x+ c! q
; p& ?5 O- }7 z& E3 H! YAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. 6 K7 X$ W( s# S0 w8 s
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House prices will go nowhere but up. |
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